Smith's Bible Dictionary

Smith, William

A classic reference, this comprehensive Bible dictionary provides a wealth of basic background information. It includes more than 400 illustrations and special articles in addition to page after page of basic information.

Bozrah

Boz’rah (fortress).

1. In Edom, the city of Jobab the son of Zerah, one of the early kings of that nation. Gen. 36:33; 1 Chron. 1:44. Mentioned by Isaiah, Isa. 34:6; 63:1, in connection with Edom, and by Jeremiah, 49:13, 22; Amos, 1:12, and Micah, 2:12. Its modern representative is el-Busaireh, which lies on the mountain district to the southeast of the Dead Sea.

2. In his catalogue of the cities of the land of Moab, Jeremiah, 48:24, mentions a Bozrah as in “the plain country” (ver. 21), i.e., the high level downs on the east of the Dead Sea.